You guys! This am's half was SO PRETTY!!!

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I ran the Heavenly Half in this morning.  It was so awesome! It ran down a mountain road with an elevation drop of 2000 feet. The weather was PERFECT--cool, dry, and because we finally got rain, the view was phenomenal. 
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One of my favorite things was the parking at a HS and being  bussed fieldtrip-style to the start line.  What a fun way to start a race and get to chat with fellow runners. 

The  course itself had some challenges--the first 2 miles had a hill, which was hard at 4000 feet.  The constant downhill got to be a little rough (as was the slanted road around curves) but it was fun going so fast.  If I hadn't stopped to take pics, use the porta potty, and chat with friends at rest stops, I could have maybe squeezed out a sub 2. 

The he only downside is that I didn't get to officially meet stinkerbell6879. But it's awesome knowing there is another H&F runner near me! 

[MrsE]

Beautiful! Congrats on an awesome half marathon.

[runaways]

That is about 50 million times prettier than the view at my race this morning. Congrats on a good finish!

[boston340]

I love seeing race pictures and reading race reports! Great job on your race! I agree - what a beautiful, scenic event. Do you have another race scheduled on your calendar yet?

[cinco]

Wow! Looks beautiful! Congrats.

[clseale]

Fun! I love the pics. Glad you had a nice run!

[gt7301b]

So pretty, that looks like a great race!

[shelbyann]

So pretty! Glad you had a good race!

[stinkerbell6879]

@mrschicken WOW!! What a great time you got! I was hoping for a 2:40ish with the downhill, because I am SLOW! and I took about a year off of running 1/2's and was doing 5-10k's and no speed work. lol.

But that down hill started to take it's toll on me, and also stopped at the porta potty at mile 4 because I thought there was non until 8! and it was a looongg wait! But oh well, it was a beautiful course so it made it so worth the slower time ;-)

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boston340, I am signed up to run a half next month but forgot I'll be in LA that weekend--I don't know if we'll be back in time.